I get that that makes it easier to make changes. But I value screen space
too much to go for that; I want each DD to take up one or three rows, no
more whenever possible. It's not always possible, of course, but when I
can.
I know I'm in the minority, but I do the same thing when coding. If some
statements are related...well, like this:
if before>after then do; x=before; before=after; after=x; end
...or:
do jw=1 to words(str); say word(str,jw); end
I don't do it all the time, but sometimes if a few short statements are a
conceptual unit, yeah.
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Seymour J Metz
Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 11:36
I generally put each parameter on a separate line, for ease in editing.
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Pommier, Rex <rpomm...@sfgmembers.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 10:13 AM
I'm in your boat but trying to transition to Gil's. :-) Much easier to
change DSN if it's the last parameter on the line.
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Bob Bridges
Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 8:57 AM
Just a side comment, you may be in the minority putting DISP first, but the
minority isn't tiny; my observation is that a lot of folks do it. I
sometimes do myself -- I like making parms line up, it often makes them
easier to read -- but alas, my habit is still to put it after the DSN.
Always in the same order, in fact, so I guess I have a "standard" even
though it's peculiar to me:
//DDNAME DD DSN=DATA.SET.NAME,DISP=(,CATLG),
// DCB=(DSORG=PS,RECFM=VB,LRECL=1028[,BLKSIZE=half-tracK]),
// [UNIT=something,]SPACE=(CYL,(5,20),RLSE)
Yeah, I still do DCB=(...). I learned JCL forty years ago. I hear it's no
longer needed, but I'm used to it. Sue me.
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Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 08:32
JED provides complete JCL validation, reformatting
and enforcement of JCL standards. ...
What's a "standard" Suppose a site has a standard for naming job steps.
Can it enforce that? Or only "standards" in the view of the JED author.
In DD statements I habitually code DISP as the first option. I may be in a
minority. Does JED enforce ordering of options? Might it require or
prohibit "DCB=(...)"? (is ""DCB=(...)" ever needed nowadays? I still see
it coded on occasion.)
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